Laura Muth

Laura Muth is a graduate student at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies, studying international relations. She focuses on security studies with an emphasis on how environmental, development, human rights, and feminist issues can inform our understanding of security. Her other interests include martial arts, particularly Muay Thai, vegetarian cooking, and puppies.

Boston is also one of three cities, selected in February, for the launch of a pilot program with the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, and the National Counterterrorism Center to “counter violent extremism.” But local advocates for civil rights worry the program is really infringing on Muslims’ rights.